Katie Pertiet : Documenting + Designing

Travel the Fifty States

Terri Davenport, a creative team member at DesignerDigitals, posted a great thread in the forums there asking about each of the United States and members are hopping on with highlights about the states they live in! Very interesting to hear about all the wonderful places to go right in our own country! Visit the thread and share about your state!

NYC in January

So... it was a little cold while we were in NYC. I didn't bargain for highs of 27°.
We'd been having such a mild winter I was hoping for warmer days. But we made the best of it! We took in a couple of museums, some shopping... and some unexpected sights at the Hollister store...

They had all sorts of models showing off their abs... glad I had my camera to capture that moment! LOL!

And even though this isn't technically the best photo, I love the moment it caught. Kelly looking back to see commotion behind us and seeing the wall display at the top of the escalator.

This show us, living our life!

Heading Home

Our little getaway is coming to an end. Heading home and looking forward to sleeping in our own beds tonight. The http://www.yotel.com/Hotels/New-York-City was unique, trendy and clean but the beds... No. Not at all comfortable. And really that what the hotel's for... Somewhere to sleep, right?

NYC's natural history museum

Today kelly and I are taking in the natural history museum in New York city before we grab a train back home! And even though it was only 17degrees outside it feels warmer.

Visiting the Guggenheim

At the http://www.guggenheim.org/ today. Not sure what my take is on the exhibit here. Makes me feel like I am a conservative traditionalist. But enjoying seeing the Lichtensteins :)

A Reflection

Today and heck, for that matter, all this week it's rainy and dreary so I'm especially drawn to my cruise pictures. Going thru and remembering warm days of relaxing and exploring. Good days with someone cleaning up after us and cooking for us. I could get used to that life! ;)

Then I came across this picture. I took a number of self-portraits on this trip. Not something I've done much of before but Ali Edwards inspired my to look for reflections. I signed up for her scrapbook on the road class and although I haven't even found the time to get thru the full class, just the first lesson got me going. I've been thinking and rethinking how to capture this trip and seeing side projects in-between with these self potraits.

This week has me busy creating [guess it's good it's raining] to get ready for our 2nd Quarter sale at DesignerDigitals. The first release of products is on Thursday and then a second release on Saturday morning. And Saturday we are in the chat room all day with chats from 8am-11:30pm EST. Hope to see you there!

4.6GIG of photos

a week away and 4.6GIGs worth of photos later, I'm back at my desk. Downloading and editing pictures, creating new products and finding normal again.

with thousands of pictures comes hundreds of outtakes and I'm thinking about a creative way to use all my outtakes and make a book while it's all fresh

it was a good spring break and Kelly had a great birthday at sea... getting back on schedule is sure a challenge though!

:)

Getting Ready

Will this be me?

No. I don't think so.

But I will be aboard the ship!

Kelly and I leave in just 11 days for a mother/daughter vacation on a cruise over her sixteenth birthday! Very excited but nervous at the same time. We're heading to Haiti, Jamaica and Mexico and I'm trying to make sure I have everything we'll need.

I've ordered additional compact flash cards for all the pictures I'll be taking :) Any suggestions for pictures to be sure to take?

Heading to Target to get Advil, Pepto-Bismol and sunscreen. What else should I bring? Have you cruised before? Any suggestions for us?

Thanks, in advance, for any advice you might have for us!

I Love NYC

Went up to NYC for the Gift Show last week.

Just a simple day trip on the train.
so convenient.
Love that I can just go up there for the day.

Look forward to going up again when it's warmer though!

Weekend in Vegas

Home from an amazing weekend among friends.

We had our second team trip over the weekend and this time we all headed to Las Vegas. From all ends of the world, friends gathered and shared time together, built friendships and made memories.

Priceless.

After most of the group had left, Randy and I spent Sunday together taking a helicopter ride into the grand canyon [photos to come] and then heading over to Ceasars Palace to catch Cher in concert! They made me check my good camera [I was completely bummed] but I had my iPhone and took some snapshots and this video too!

 

Oh yeah, and the slot gods were good to us!! ;)